January 10, 2007

Let's lowball me, okay?

So, today I finally got a call from one of the staffing agencies I registered with seven weeks ago. Neither was particuarly close to my house, so I'm pissed about having to go there to take assessment tests and to answer questions that could have been answered over the phone.

Anyway, the offer was for a three-week full-time position doing data entry at $10/hour.

Let's do the math. Daycare (at any center I'd consider adequate for my discriminating tastes) would cost at least $775 for three weeks plus a deposit and application fee (add $500). So we'd have to pay upwards of $1275 in order for me to earn $1200.

She must be on crack.

Posted by Tiffany at January 10, 2007 12:18 PM | TrackBack
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Did you have any idea that daycare was going to be so expensive? I know I didn't. And then my second thought was that I should open my own daycare which was followed quickly by me smacking some sense into me!

Posted by: Erik at January 12, 2007 02:01 PM

I had absolutely no clue how much daycare runs around here until one of Scott's coworkers made a passing reference to how much HIS kid's daycare cost.

I thought he was pulling his leg until I went to the center's website and pulled up the parent handbook. My jaw dropped so fast that I almost broke a few teeth on my desk.

Posted by: Tiffany at January 13, 2007 12:32 PM
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